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VOL. XIX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1905. NO. 51.
TREATY StGNED.
Church Bells Peal Forth the Joy
ful News of Peace.
THEY SHAKE HANDS,
As the Treaty is Signed Russia's En
voys Extend the Hand of Friend
ship Wiich is Grasped by the
Jspan's Representative.
A Secret Conference.
A dispatch from Ports ronth, N. H.,
says the treaty of Portsmouth was
signed shortly before 4 o-cicek Tues
day afternoon in the conference room
of the navy general store at the navy
yard. The firing of a national salute
of 19 guns was the signal which told
people of Portsmouth, Kittery and
Newcastle that the peace of Ports
mouth was an accomplished fact and
the church tells in the three towns
were soon pealing forth r joyful re
frain.
For 47 minutes those outside the
conference room anxkusly awaited the
signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to
the entrance of the peace building and
waived his hand to the gunner a few
feet away and the opening shot of the
salute rang out on the clear air of the
soft September afternoon proclaiming
peace between Russia and Japan.
Up to the mcment of signing the
treaty, no word had broken the silence
of the conference room. Throwing his
pen aside, Mr. Witte without a word
reached across the table and grasped
Baron Komura's hand. His confreres1
followed and the Rssian and Japan
ese delegates remained for a moment
in silence, their right hands tightly
clasped across the conference table.
The war was over-Russia and Japan
were once more friends.
This simple.ceremony rang true and 1
deeply impressed the attaches and sec
retarles of the two missions, who,
with the invited witnesses, had form
ed a large circle around the delegates
sitting at the table.
Baron de Rosen was the first to
break the silence. Rising from his
seat the ambassador, looking Baron
Komura and Mr. Takahira straight in
the eye, said a few words which one a
had only to hear to know that they E
came from his heart. He began by
saying that he wished on behalf of e
Mr. Witte, Russia's first plenipoten
tiary, and in his own name to say a
few words.
"We have signed," continued the t
ambassador, "an act which will have S
forever a place in the annals of his- f
tory. As negotiators on behal fof the
empire of Russia, as well as the em_
pire of Japan, we may with tranquil !
conscience say that we have done all y
that was in our power in order to i
bring about the peace for which the
whole civilized world was longing. We t
earnestly hope that friendly relations
between the aawo empires will hence- e
forth be firmly established and we
trust that his excellency, Baron Ko- t
mura, as minister of foreign affairs,
and one of the leading statesmen of a
his country, will apply to the strength- e
ening of these relations the wide ex- -
perience and wise statesmanship he r
so conspicuously displayed during these.
negotiations which have now been so y
auspiciously concluded."
Baron Komura replied that he shar- s
ed entirely the views of Baron de a
Rosen. The treaty of Portsmcuth a
which they had just signed, he said,
was in the interest of humanity and
civilization and he was happy to be
lieve that it would bring about a
firm, lasting peace between- the two
neighboring empires. He begged to
assure the Russian plenipotentiaries
that it would be his duty as well as
his pleasure to do everything in his
power to make the treaty in fact what
it professes to be in words--a treaty 3
of peace at d amity. t
At the c~nclusion of Baron Ko- r
mura's remarks Mr. Witte arcse and
said he desired to see Baron de Rosen
and the Japanese pienipoteutaries
alone for a few minutes. The four re- t
tired to the Russian office and weret
coseted for een minutes. What trans- 1
pired in that dual conference of thec
peacemakers, the world may never
know. The plenipotentiaries have re-.
fused to discuss it even to their secre
taries. 1
The entire Russian mission, headed
by Mr. Witte, attended a thanksgiv- ]
ing servics celebrated in Christ Epis
copal church both by American and
Russian clergymen. Reentering the<
hotel, one of the chief members of
the Japanese mission said: "The treaty
signed Tuesday may be the most Im
portant historical feature of the
twentieth century."
What the Treaty Stipulates.
The following is the treaty as final
ly agreed upon:
Article 1 stipulates for the re-estab
lishment of peace and friendship be
tween the sovereigns of th~e two em
pires, and between the subjects of Rus
sia and Japan, respectively.
Article 2. The Emuperor of Russia
recognizes the preponderent Interest
from nolitical, military and economi
cal points of view cf Japan. in Korea
and stipulates that Russia will not op
pose any measures for its government,
protection or control that Japan will
deem nt cessary to take In Korea in
cor junction with the Lorean gcvern
ment, but Russian subjects and Rus
sian enterprises are to enjoy the same
status as subjects and enterprises of
other countries.
Article 3. It is mutually agreed
that the territory cf Manchuria be
simultareously evacuated by both the
Russian and Japanese troops. Both
countries are cor carned in this evacua
tion, their situations being absolutely
identical. All rights acquired by pri
vate persons and companies shall re
main lntz ct.
Article 4. Rights possessed by Rus
sia in conformity with the lease by
Russa of Port Arthur and Dalny to
gether with the lands and waters ad.
jacent shall pass over in their entirety
to Japan, but the properties and
rights of Ru.san subjaets are to be
safeguarded and respected.
Article 5. The governments of
Russia and Japan engage themselves
reciprocally not so put any obstacles
to the general measures (which shall
be alike fcr all nations,) that China
may take for the development of the
commerce and industry of Manchuria.
Article 6. The Manchurian rail
way shall be operated jointly between
Russia and Japan. Tae branch lines
shall be employed only for commercial
and industrial purposes. In view of
Russia keeping her branch line with
all rights acquired by her convention
with China for the construction of
that railway. Japan acquires the
mines in connection with such branch
line which falls to her: however, the
rights of private parties or private en
terprises are to be respected. Both
parties to this treaty remain absolute
ly free to undertake what they doem
fit on expropriated ground.
Article 7. Russia and Japan en
gage themselves to make a cmnjunc
tion of the two branch lines which
they own at Kouarg Tcheng.
Article 8. It is agreed that the
branch lnes of the Manchurian rail
way shall be worked with a view to
ssure commercial treaff between
them without obstruction.
Article 9. Russia cedes to Japan
the southern part of Sakhalin Lland
Ls far north as the filtieth degree of
iorth latitude, together with the is
andi dependling thereon. The right
>f free navigation is assured in the
Bays of La Perouse and Tartare.
Article 10. This article recites the
ituation of Russian subjects of the
outhern part ouf Sakhalin Island and
tipu!ates that the Rssian colonists
here shall be free and shall have the
ight to remain without changing
;heir nationality. Parcontra, the
rapanese government shall have the
ight to force Russian convicts to
eave the territory which is ceded to
ier.
Article 11. Russia engages herself
o Japanese subjects the right to
ish in the Rumsian territorial waters
f the sea of Japan, sea of Okhotsk
6nd Behring sea.
Article 12. The two high contract
ng parties engage themselves to re
ew the commercial treaty existIng
etween the two governments prior to
he war in all its vigor with slikht
nodifications in details and with a
nost favored nation clause.
Article 13. Russia and Japan re
iprocally engage to res~iLute their
>risoners of war on paying the real
ost of keeping the same, such claim
or cost to be supported by documents.
Article 14. This peace treaty shall
e drawn up in two languages, French
nd English, the French text being
vidence for the Russians and the
Daglish text for the Japanese. In
ase of a diffimulty of interpretation
he French dochment Is to be the
na levidence.
Article 15. Ratification of this
reaty shall be countertigned by the
overeigns of the two States within
Ifty days after its signature. The
'rench and American embassies shall
e intermediaries between the Japa
ese and Russian governments to an
ounce by telegraph the the ratifica
ion of the treaty.
T wo additional articles are agreedC
o as follows. C
Article 1. The evacution of Man- C
huria by both armies shall be comn
lete within eighteen months from
he signing of the treaty, beginning1
ith the retirement of the troops of]
e first line. At the expiration of ~
igateen months the two parties will8
nly be able to leave as guards for the
ailway fifteen soldiers per Kilometer.C
Article 2. The boundary which
imits the parts owned respectively by ~
ussIa and Japan in Sakhalin Island ~
ball be definitely marked oft' on the C
pot by a special limitographic comn- C
2ssion.
PELL FIVE STOEIES.
C
Attle Boy Suips Down Fire Escape,
Lands in Mud.
At N~ew York Frank Wagner, three
ears ald, stood on the fire escapie on a
he ifth floor of N~o. 1883 First ave- t
ue yesterday afternoon and with C
ear-filled eyes, saw pretty little
-raoe Kraus playing with her dolls in 1
he yard next door. Frank wanted
o "play doll house," but his mother i
old him he must stay up stairs. She C
omprcmised by letting him watch I
dis little chum from above.
Frank leaned against the railing I
f the fire escape and had a vision of
he time when he would be grown up
ad could play when and where he
ied. The little girl looked up and 1
miled. It was a very inviting smile 1
hd it was Frank's undoing. Hei
limbed to the top of the railing,slip-]
,ed and fell
He landed in a mud pile waist deep, I
ithin a few feet of the girl and her
lollies. Mrs. Wagner, whe saw her 1
on disappear over the railing, shriek
id and ran to the yard expecting to
see the mangled form of her child,
ut instead she saw her boy calmly
omoving the mud from his Sunday
ress, and the veracious neighbors
even'assert that his first words were,
"Gracie, me come down to play with
lolles."
Apparently the child was entirely I
unhurt, and an ambulance doctor
tould find not a mark upon the boy's
body. As a matter of precaution the
child was taken to Harlem Hospital
to watch for symptoms of internal
injury. When he heard that af ter ali
he was not to play with Grace and
her dolls, Frank cried bitterly. The.
world seemed very gloomy to him.
Vessels Ashore.
The steamship Aragon and the
barge Saxon, being towed by the
Aragon, both lumber laden, from
Georgetown to New York, were
caught in a severe storm Sunday night
and the hawser became entangled in
the steamer's propeller. This left the
Aragon and the Saxon helpless and
both vessels were driven hard ashore
Wednesday night on the Virginia
cas1t, two miles south of False Cape.
It is reported that the barge Saxon
was floating, but the steamer Aragon
is still hard aboard the Aragon
PLAIN TALK.
Senator Tillman Wants State
Board of Control to Resign.
SPEAKS AT TIRZ 1H.
The Senior Senator Calls Upon the Gov
ernor to Exercise His Power, and
Remove the State Board. Sen
ator Brice Agreed With
Senator Tilman.
The Rock Hill correspondent of
The State says Tirzih, the scene of
many and glorious tilts in this politi
cal arena, was again the battleground
Tdursday, and fully 2,500 people were
gathered to witness the combat. A
giant picnic, the kind that has made
Ti zah famous, bad been arranged and
perfect weaiher, with the excellent
gold Hill band, made the occasion a
succes:. In response to a numerously
signed invitation to talk dispensary
md reply to charges made at a recent
prohibition meeting in Yorkville, Sen
%tor Tillman was present. Senator
Brice was on hand to represent the
mnti-dispensary side of the question.
enator Tillman was in fine furm and
ipoke for two hours. Senator Brica
nade a vigor,.u3speech. Inquiry among
epresentative men in the audience
'ailed to show that sentiment againts
he dispensary had been changed, th.e
eneral opinion being that the county
would vote the institution out.
Senator Tillman made much the
ame speech that he has made else
where, the only new feature of im
ortance being a demand that the
rovernor exercise his power and re
ove the members of the State dis
ensary board at once. A "hands up"
rote being called for, it was seen that
ke crowd was with him on that pro
)Csition.
Senator Brice was, under the ar
angement, the first spzaker. He vig
ously denounced the whole dispen
ary system, maintaining that it was
mdemocratie, that it makes every cit
zen whether he will or nor a partner
n the liquor business, that it digni
Ics the sale of liquor and makes it
opular, respectable and reputable,
hat it attempts to make the sale and
Iringing of liquor a permanent and
tIed institution by fastening it on to
ine of our mcst cherished institutions,
iur public school system, that it h.s
creased murder 70 per cent. and as
ault and battery 40 per cent., that it
s a commcn cbeat and swindle, a
nare, a delusion, and fraud, and a
rast lake of pitch that defiles and
dlackens every one who touches It. It
s a deadly vampire that hovers with
ts black and hellish wings over every
ome in South Carolina. It Is a whit
d sepulchre, beautiful whithout but 1
ll of dead men's bones and all in
leanness. Mr. Brice stated that the
ispensary system could never be I
leansed. He said: "I shall never vote
s your senator to purify any such I
ack law as the dispensary, and I will
ght it to the last ditch. The only law
will support Is one to kill." His
peech was well received. He spoke for 1
n hour. At its conclusion Chairman
Vilborn adjourned the meeting for
inner.t
Senator Tillman spoke for two
Lours, devoting much of his time to
r. Brice, the Yorkville Enquirer and I
thers whom he alleged had Impugn- I
d his character. His line of argument
rns that the sale of liquor cannot be I
topped, that men will nave it in spite
f prohibitory law, that its illegal
ale would mean more harm than its
al lawfully, and that as long as It
ould not be kept out it should be sold 1
. the least harmful way. He declar
d he was as much of an advocate cf
he dispensary as ever, and that he
rould always stand for the system as
rotected and hedged about when he
,pproved it as governor and undertook
o enforce it. He said as originally
esigned It decreased drunkenness and
ave no opportunity for stealing. The
gisature had later so charged the
asw and put such men in charge as to
-ive thieves every chance. The legis
ture was directly responsible. If the
tispensary law had been carried out
n good faith by a governor-and I I
wont say legislature, for God have
nercy on any laws the legislature en
.cts-if supported by that large ele
ent believing it wrong to sell liquor
t all, coupled with honest administra
ion by the executive offlers, by this
ime the whole State might have gone
nto prohibition. He saidhe had only
.8 months In which to administer the
lispensary law and look out for
hieves. "God knows I did not know
south Carolina had such a brood of
hem, but who put them there?"
He spoke of the effect cf the Brice
aw in cutting out 30,000 votes by set
dng the matter by qualified voters
d declared it fair tnat every man
rave a chance to vote. He wanted to
ee a race next year between a prohi
itionist, a clean dispensary man and
~ossibly a blind tiger man for gover
or. Four blind tiger men had already
iminated a candidate but three cut
f the four had been in the United
3tates courts. The fight Is to be on
aquor or no hequir and he deprecated1
aurrying the vote before next year
ehen the whole peuple cou'. expres:.s
their opinions.
Speaking of the election about to
some c-ft in York county Senator Till
man said he hoped the dispensa
would be voted out. The p:ople woula
then get a taste of the evils of pro
nibiton which would drive them
sooner or later to ask for old rrethocs
of handling the liquor question. Sena
tor Tillman averred that no man had
a right to criticise his motives. HL
would answer to his God for his Chris
tianity. He had been assailed for
stating that he could find two allu
sins in the Bible speaking favorably
of liquor to one against it. He drew
out three typewritten pages of such
verses and asked that The Enquirer
print them after examining their cor
retness He criticised Seator Brice
W.LL WAR ACAIN.
)r. Seaman Thinks the Peace
Treaty is But a Truce.
.INA TO TAKE PART
'he Wonderful Awakening of the Ancient
Empire. Great Armies Being Raised
and Drilled by European In
structors. Power of the
Japanese Surgeon.
There has been added to Mark
wain's another disordant note In the
borus of praise of the peace of Ports
iouth, says The New York Sun. It
as been sounded by Dr. Louis L.
eaman, who has just got home from
visit to Manchuria, where he saw
oth the Japanese aLd Russian armies
t the front. He had something to
ty Wednesday at his home, Twenty
ghth street and Fifth avenua, not
aly atout peace, but of the awaken
g and mo-ernizing of the Cainese
npire.
"The so called peace of Ports
icuth," said Dr. Seaman, "will, in
y opinion, come to be regarded as
ae of the great mistakes of the cen
iry. That which is called peace will
e, in my opinion, only a prolonged
rmistice. I have been fairly netr
le firing line cf both the Japanese
d Russian armies and I believe I
ow something of the temper of the
ien who have fought this war. I
now something of the spirit of the
ouse of Romanoff, of its nobles and
ie Russian people. I have a more
Ltmate acquaintance with the tem
r of the people of Japan, and I tell
)u that the so called peace of Ports
Louth is welcomed neither in St.
etersburg nor Tokio.
"There are several good reasons
hy the peace treaty which is now be
g written can only be a prolonged
-mistice. In the first place, Russia
-she is still one of the great nations
the earth-will never consent to be
ttled up and will never be satisfied
atil she has regained the prestige
d the territory which she has lost
this war.
"Furthermore, and I fear it is not
erally known to my coiintrymen,
assia is a most fertile territory.
cre on acre and mile on mile of the
,il of the empire needs only to be
ckled in order to bring f arth rict
trvests. With the Black sea closed
id an uncertain way thrcugh the
ardanelles to the sea and with only
poor water way to the Baitic, Russia
ust have an cutlet for her commerce
the future. She will go where she
n or where she may. She will find
r way to the Persian gulf and if
cessary, through China and over the
ttlefilds which she has so recently
at and upon which she has left her
ad. The great empire by the frczen
a will not stand still.
"And while the Russlans are get
og ready the Japanese will grow
ore cnd more restive. Do you sup
ise Nega's veterans, the men who
llowed wherever Oru led or the sol
ers of the splendid army of the mias
rf al Kuroki can forget, for instance,
at they won by their valor all of
thalin Island only to have their
aperor, the elder statesmen and the
enipotentiaries of peace give half of
back to the Rusdians whom they
rashed? Do you suppose that the
en who fought with Togo will fcr
t that the battleships which only
caped the mereiiess fire of their
ins in a fog and f,::und shelter mn the
Lrtor of Mania have been given back
ider the terms of peace to the Rus
ms? -The big white soldiers of Rus
i and the little brown men of Japan
11 come together again and the roll
the war drums will be heard in the
ist. Then will be fought to a finish
at last final battle for supremacy,
ich, for the good of mankind and
.e welfare of Russia and Japan,
ould have been fought now by the
mies of Ofama and Linevitch in
orthern Manchuria.
"But however that may be, both
belligerents and the world in gen
al are reckoning today in the Etst
Ethout China. So-ne day, and it Is
it far distant, Chios, with its mill
ut millione, will be the power in the
mient. We can no longer speak of
8 rousing from the sleep of ages of
1na. She has already awakened,
Ld yet the world knows little of it
a my trip home I met Dr. Tong,
no has beesn sent by the Chinese
avernment to negotiate a new treaty
ith the United States. I talked to
m of his country and his people, and
'en I, who know something of China
have been there nine times) was
nazed at the story he told. So
nazed, in fact, was I a ked him to
duce to writing and in the form of a
Lter to me the substance of what he
1,d said.
"Here is the letter. In it he speaks
the o'rdial relations that have al
ays e:'sted bet ween Cnina and the
nit States, and reminds me that,
le Chinese people, from the days of
>nigis, have been a people of peace,
ho have been taught, more than
iythng -else; to revere t-he works
id the spirits of their ancestors. A
inaman who dies leaving no son is
~garded as a 1.>st soul, because he
aes behind him no one to venerate
in. Yet there is an. old Chinese
lage that it is better for a maa to
ave no son ithan to leave a son who
acomes a sol her.
"In spite of this an:d in spite of the
iousands of years of tradition and
ie wall behind which they have lived
'r. Tong writes to me that the edict
as gone forth that a school for mod
n and Western educaion shall be
~tablished in every district in China;
at there shall be a -high school In
lery prefecture, and that-there shall
a a college or university in every
ovi~ce. The teachers in these in
ritutonls sha~ll be either Chinamen
Lught abroad or Americans or
uropeans.
"But that is not al'. From what
r. Toag told me it looks very cu.:h
if China herself were preparing to
re her part in tie wrs or the fut
are. An army of 40,000 men is t<
be raised by order of the Empress in
each of the twenty-three provinces 0'
the empir-, and these armies, also by
Imperial eaict, are to be offileered anc
drilled by Americ3ns or Earopans,
or by Chinamen. who have learned
thoroughly as the Japanese have
learned, the best methods of the ar
mies of the Western world.
"These things Dr. Ting told me,
but it was not all, and in my opinibn
not the most interesting. of all that
he said. You remember that follow
'ng the Bixer rebellion in China the
United States exacted from the Chin
ese government an indemnity of $0,
000,000. It has been proposed that
we should return this indemnity to
Cnina. Dr. Tong spoke of this pro
prosition and amazed me by saying
that China would appreelate it if the
United States did such a thing. On
the contrary, he said, the think
which China would like best would
be for the United States to invest
that twenty millicn of dollars in its
own government bonds and with the
Income provide scholarships at various
American colleges and universities
for the free education of Chinese
students who in the years that are to
come shall be the solifers and states
men and tradasnen of China.
"If the Fl.wery Kingdom isn't al
ready sitting up and taking notice,
then I don't know what a real wide
awake one is."
Dr. Seamen was asked about the
methods of the medical corps of the
greatest and best of any army in the
world- Tne history of the world's
wars shows that practically five sold
iers have died of preventable disease
where one has died from bullets. In
the war of the rebellion about 602,000
lives were lost, and of this number
102.000 were killed on the firing line
or died from the results of wounds.
balance died from disease, most cases
of wbich could have been prevented
with proper care.
"The surgeons of the Jaganese
army received something more than a
half million well men. The medical
men directed their entire attention
after the war began to keeping that
army well. To accomplish this the
army surgeons did that which had
never before been heard of in any war
of the world. They went forward
with the first screen of scouts thrown
out. They were away in advance o!
the main army. With lightning-like
rapidity they examined every well and
every stream of water over which the
army would traveL Over one well
they would place a placard with thbi
legend: "This water must not be
drunk except after boling." Over
another well they would place anoth
er placard which read: "Tais water
must not be used for any purpose ex
3ept for bathing."
"Except in battle the surgeon in
the Japanese army is the great mogul
His orders are obeyed implicitly, and
when a Japanese soldier is warned
not to drink this or not to drink that
be would no more think of disregard
ng the mandate of the army surgeon
&han he would think .of disregarding
the command of his general-in-chief.
"Tae result was that the men who
won the v:ctories for Japan were as
well nigh physically perfect as it was
possible for men to be. It had to be
so. Had the death rates in other
wars prevailed in this one the Japan
ase army would 'have been wiped out.
I'herefore In the main, preventable
i3ease was prevented, and the sold
ters of Japan were not murdered In
the cause of war."
must Not Kiss.
A Denver dispatch to the Wash
ng Post says: Private J. F. Merritt,
company F, Second Infantry, Is
;pending thirty days in the guard
rouse for kissing his sweetheart on
the mililtary reservation at Fort Log
in. Miss Daisy Hilton Is the kissee.
The two were standing on the lawn
tear the offcial quarters, when Lieut.
Samuel Herron, officer of the day, saw
them kiss.
"If you do that again P'll have you
:ourt martialedt," he declared.
"PIl go you," retorted the private,
at the same time planting another
kiss on Miss Hilton's lips.
Lieut. Herron not only arrested
bfm, but preferred charges, and at a
mummary ccurt martial Merritt plead
ad guilty.
"Have you anything to say?" ask
Id the court.
"Only that," replied Merritt, "I
bhink Lieut. Herron war kind of
sweet on the girl himself and he wants
me out of the way."
Beat His Mother.
John Trimble, of Augusta county,
Va., severaly beat his mother, Mrs.
F. M. Trimble, Sunday with a pitch
fork because the bread servedi for
breakfast had too much soda in It.
After brutally beating his aged
mother over the head and body, he
turned upon a little girl of the neigh
borhood, who came to the old lady's
assistance. After his cowardly act,
ohn left his mother lying on the
gcund and fled to the woods. The
youoger son andi another boy, Hazry
Humphreys, declare that the old man
urged his son, John to kill his mother
since he had started it. The old man
sood by and saw the attack and fail
Bd to go no her assistance. They live
ou a nice farm and are substantial
people, and the neighborhood Is much
aroused.
Kinled, by.cootton.
A very sad accident occured near
Vances on M~onday week ago, which re
sulted In the death of Arthur, the
five-year-old son of Mr. Julius A. Mur
ray: Mr. Murray's children were play
iug in his cotton on about two bales
of newly gathered seed cotton. T o;
had dug a hole in the midst of the pile
of cotton, down to the fdoor, when Ar
thur got down into It, probably to
make the hole larger, when the cotton
fell. on him, suffocating him. He was
gotten out as speedily as possible, and
everything possible done to save him.
All proved unavaIling.
More Graft.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
State Senator Henry Dunkers, serving
a term in prison for attempting to
bribe during the last session of legis
lature, has made a full confession, giv
ing tine names of twelve other sena
tors who received money, also the
names of bribers and amounts paid.
A wholesale prosecution is promised
hbj the district attorney
EJLVEN CENTS
Fixed as the Minimum Price for the
Cotton Crop.
President Smith, of the South Caro
lina Association, Wanted It Fix
ed at Ten and a Half Cents.
"Your committee, realizing the
unusually strong statistical position of
cotton, we recommend a minimum
price of 11 cents, basis middling up
lands, at the home market through
out the cotton belt. E. D. Smith,
chairmar; H. Y. Brooke, secretary."
This Is the action taken by the
Asheville Conference and sent out to
the cotton growers of the South who
are members of the Southern Cotton
Association and other farmeris who
feel like aiding in keeping up the
price of cotton. It is the call sent out
by the executive committee of the
Southern Cotton association to the
farmers of the south to hold their cot
ton for 11 cents. If the farmers will
comply with the call and hold for 11
cents they will get it.
A dispatch frozn Asbev1le to The
State says the committee's report was
not announced until after 10 o'clock
and it had been awaited with Intense
interest by the 100 or more growers
and buyers at the hotel. It did not
give entire satisfaction, bat is a com
promise,
Mr. Smith contended for a minimum
of 10i cents now, with a later an
nouncement of a higher minimum.
He was overruled dispite his eloquence
and was compelled to accept 11 cents.
There were members of the commit
tee who held out for 12 cents as a
mAinimum and others wanted to put it
even higher.
All of this was thrashed out in se
cret session and when the report was
presented to the open meeting 1 was
adopted without a word and the com
mnit-ee took up other business relating
to the proposed amendments to the
oonstitution.
Eleven cents for cotton at the home
market is equivalent toll 1-4 or more
at the ports. The October quotation
Thursday was around 10 37-100. So
that the committee has called upon the
producers to hold for an advance of
ibout 63 points.
Tne most aggressive and Influential
man in the association is E. D. Smith
He has borne the burden of debate ir,
this meeting has been a positive force
for conservatism. He has argued
valiantly for a safe and careful stand
as to the minimum of price and has
aad to contend against the unreason
ing demands of rampant bulls who
wanted to paa the price away up and
defy the world, flesh and devil.
While many cotton growers are
aaxious to benefit themselves and their
fellow faimers have taken this ex
treme position conscientiously, it is a
fact that emissaries of eastern specu
lators have had an influence in im
pressing a bullish sentiment upon the
gathering here at Kenilworth Inn.
For more reasons than one a demand
for a high holding price by the com
mittee would have suited Wall street
Smith has contended that a reason
ible minimum should be set in crder
to protect tue producer who Is forced
to sell. He was chairman of the com
mnittee on price, composed of one from
each State, and the fight in this com
mittee was waged all afternoon. Af
ter supper the report was made to the
whole executive committee In secret
session and the fight was thers re
newed and lasted for several hours. It
was 10 15 o'clock when the commit
tee came out and announced ths re
sult of its deliberations..
There was a lengthy debate on the
advisability of establishing a news
'paper as an organ of the association. A
committee previously appointed to re
port on this matter did not make a
report and it was finally decided to
give the committee more time. There
is wide difference of opinion on the
subject and at times the debate was
warm. Of the South Carolina men
present, Mr. E. D. Smith favors the
proposition and Mr. Hyatt opposes It.
kir. Hyatt's speech last night in op
position was generally complimented.
The question of finance also came
up this morning and Mr. Hyatt's res
olution to raise $15,000 In 90 days for
expenses was adopted. It was stated
during the discussion that South Car
olina had done better than any other
State in regard to finances and the
State is one of the most thoroughly
organized. The report of the commite
tee ou statistics was submitted. The
committee consisted of State Senator
J. A. Brown of North Carolina; J.
McMartin of Mississippi and W. L.
Peak of Georgia, with Secretary Rich
ard Cheatham. They had reports from
15,000 correspondents throughout the
south, including State, county and
township correspondents. All of these
reports they had canvassed and com
piled and after questioning men from
each State had made allowances for
the Individual bias of the correspon
dents, whether bullish, bearish or
conservative. From these reports the
committee concluded that the condi
tion of the present crop to date is 713
3 10 per cent, of last year's crop and
that the yield will be 7,588,133 bales.
By States the report in full follows:
Staa Yield. Condition.
Alabama-..-.-...1,031,639 714
Arkansas ......-619,466 '70
Florida-.........54,019 69
Georgia.'.......1,361,180 78
Indian Territory. 365,522 78
Lousiana........656,952 58
North Carolina... 530,064 77
Oklahoma.......307,602 86
South Carolina... 791,697 '73
Tennessee.......242,202 75
Tmxs..........2,382,762 74
Mississippi....1,204,978 '70
Miscellaneous.... 50,050 '75
There was no report on acreage, but
the previous report shows 18 per cent.
reduction.
Gets a Good Job.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker will
succeed Professor Collins as chief
counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company at an annual salary of
$100,000, according to an announce
ment Tirursdag. Professor Collins has
retired, and the firm of Collins &
Sheehan, which has acted for years in
aa advisory capacity to the company,
will be known as Sheehan & Parker.
William F. Snaeehan was one of Par
ker's strongest supporters In the re
cnn preidential campaign.
for saying he would not vote for dis
pensary cleaning, ar d endeavored to
make the point that if he were against
measures looking to the betterment
of the State he was a poor servant and
ought to be asked to reign. He was
not supposed to be the master but the
servant of the people.
Senator Tillman was particularly
explicit in sayin;T that he had come to
Tirzah not to tell the people what they
should do but to give them the bene
fit of his advice and experience. They
were free to act according to their
consciences and should give the issue
prayerful, earnest consideration. If
all acted as he did there would be no
liquor drinking at all, but as some
were going to drink whether or no,
the evil should be minimized and the
people s*'ould get the benefits fron.
the money spent.
Senator Brice replied br!efly, saying
again that he was oppased to the
whole dispensary business, that the
issue was liquor or no liquor and not
Tillman or BrIce. He hopEd the peo
ple would bear the real issue in mind.
There was much lighter and ap.
lause throughout the spealng,
esp-scially at Mr. Tillman's repeated b
assaults upon Mr. Brice and The Ea- S
quirer and his criticisms of those who a
called themselves Christians and sat b
in judgment upon others. a
The cro vd was orderly and listened s
attentively to all that was said, many e
standing throughout. It was evident 0
that Mr. Tillman has many friends if
iere and it was the opinion of many e
that the meeting was due more - to
friendship to him than to an expres- 1
ion upon the dispensary question 3
rhe senator stated that he had heard 0
hat as he was born, politically, ;at t
rirzah he was to be buried here today, b
ut there were few evidences that a a
iman funeral was desired. His de. t
mand that the governor take charge a
)f the dispensary situation in the k
ame of the people drew hearty ap- I
plause. Senator Brice declared him- k
elf as also oeing in favor of this ac. b
,ion on the part-of the governor.
A ROUGH VOYAGE P'
he British Steamer Tropic Puts Into P
Charleston Harbor.
A dispatch from Charleston to The i
tate says the British steamship a
Iopic, 2,340 tons, Capt. Barber, ar- o
1yed in that port Wednesday af ter a b
oyage that had lasted nearly three U
a
conths and which was filled with ex
ltement. The second mate, purser
nd 15 seamen are missing. Sailing 9(
rom Valparaiso, Chile, June 21, the R
ropic met with .ad weather at once A
nd on June 28, while ff Patu and ic
bout 15 miles from C.>nstitucion the ti
okout reported "breakers ahead"
d before the ship cruld be got abcut at
he had gone hard agreund not over D
00 yards from the beach. High seas a
ere running and it was realized that m
oething must be done. of
The second mate, purser and 15 sea- ca
en put out in the first life boat for h(
'onstitucion but never returned. All n(
dight the seas dashed over the Tropic b:
.nd the 20 men on board huddled in jo
he cabins and momentarily expected dc
e end. Morning brought hope in the se
Ight of men on shore-but there
emned no way to get to the ship. No si
~oat could live in the breakers arnd nom
wimmer could make the shore. A p
appy thought came to the captain tc
nd with a quickly made kite a cord di
~as carried by the wind to shore, and te
ext a line and then a hawser reached g:
e land. Over this the men went ge
shore. Still hoping that tugs or yes- g
ls might come from Constitucion p]
he waited. I
When no help came and the storm et
bated somewhat, the vessel remain- m
g In apparently unadamaged condi- g
ion the crew retuened In ball boats es
d jettisoned shout 200 tons of cargo, gi
is so lighting her that she fi )ated at h
cigh tide and the fires being started, ur
iled for Talcahuano, where a naval si
ourt of Inquiry was held and captain si
,nd crew exmnerated. The report of a
he court was signed by the British a
onsul at Talcahuano and others and B
ras ample in praises of the pluck and it
nergy oft the master and crew, while w]
pressing regret at the loss of the ~17 th
cien. The grounding Is accredited to sb
deviation of the ship's compasses ar
.nd the prevalence of a strong inset N
rrent off Putu, in latitude 35.09
:uta and longitude 72 20 west-.t
Toe Tropic was 28 days overdue and er
cable from Valparaiso to the mari ,
ime register, dated June 29. said that n
he would be a total wreck; a later ;
able from London told that she was 0
ated. Captain and crew show evi- se
aras of the train and were glad to C:
each port for fresh food and rest. ai
Crushed by a Car. 0
In N~ew York in attempting to in- W
ict punishment on a motorman Tues- g
*ay night an angry crowd in Clinton W
treet caused the death of a little h
:irl, who otherwise would have escap
d with few slight bruises. In the (
lbs that followed several persons were
~adly hurt and police reserves had a
lard fight to disperse the mob. The ~
ie~tim of the accident was Anna l
crinshock, two years old. With
er father and another man, she was ol
eing led across the street when a
rowded northbound car rolled the
irl under the fer~der, where she lay t
rying, but apparently uninjured. Be
'ore the motormaan could step from0
,he platform and lift the fender, the
rowd made a rush for him and in a
be scramble he was forced agaInst a
he controller, turning it around andC
utting a full current on. Instantly
he car shot forward a distance of h
wo hundred feet and the child's body
ras ground to pieces. The sight ot
te mangled body added fury to the b
nob, and the m'otorman ass dragged
rom the car and nearly beaten to
leath.
Tvphoid Epidemic. D
Nantilake, a suburb of Wilkesbarre, b
?i.,lis in the throes of a typhoid fey- el
r epidemic. It is claimed there are of
ow over a hundred cas3s. At a
neeting of the school board Tuesday e
it was decided to close the schools In o'
efinitely. Dr. Dodson, county coro- P:
or, sa.id he feared the school hou~ses s!
will have to be used as hospitals. te
Tree deaths have been reported to- E
day. Handbills have been pcsted ad
vising citizens as to sarainary precau- D
tions and to boll water for drinking :
:noses. t
MANY KILLED
An Earthquake Destroys Eigh
teen Towns in Italy.
DOES GREAT DAMAGE.
Nearly Four Hundred People Are Report
ed Killed and a Great Number Iwjar
ed. The Whole Community is
Very Much Depressed, and
the People Need Help.
A dispatch from Bome says all Italy
Is suffering from terrible depression
because of the news from the south,
where one of the worst earthquakes
ever experienaed occurred Friday. Al
thcush the earthqoake was felt an
over Calabria and to a certain extent
In Sicily, the worst news came from
Pizzo and Monteleone and from 18
villages which are said to have been
completely destroyed.
According to the latest news receiv
ed 370 personst have been killed and a
great number injured. It is as yet im
possible to even estimate the property
looses. The shook was felt at 2.55
o'clock Friday morning. It lasted for
18 seconds atCatannro and soon there.
siter was felt at Messina, Bggio
Piscopio, Triplarno, Sammaro, Cessan
Iti, Naida, Ouvadi and other points'
Scenes of indescribable terror en.
sued. Women aroused from their sleep
rshed half clothed Into the street -
sreaming with fear, carrying their
>abies and dragging along their other
:hildren and calling for help on the
nadonna and the saints. The men es
iaped Into the open with their fami
les, all calling on their favorite saints
!or protection.
The cafes were taken by asault by
rhe strangely garbed crowd, but as
laylight broke without a repetition of
he earthquake the crowd gradually
nelted away until by 8 o'clcc' the
treets bad almost assumed their cer
nal appearance except In the ruined
rillages where the inhabitants had no
aomes to go to.
The general confusion was added to
)y dreadful cries from the jails where
he prisoners were beside themselves
with fright and in some cases mutini
d, but fortunately all the prisoners
were kept within bounds. Troops, en
.ineers and doctors have been hurried
o the scenes of the disaster to assist
n the work of rescue and salvage. The
ninistry of the interior sent 34,O000
or the relief of the destitute and Min
ster of Public Works Ferraris left for
Jalabria,
SHO0TING AT SALUO.
;snator Blease Shoots Joe Ben Cole
man, His Brother-in-Law.
A special dispatch to The State.
~rom Saluda says an unexpected and
erhaps a fatal tragedy occurred on
~he streets of abat town Friday night
rhen State Senator E. S. Blesse, a
ember of the firm of Able & Blesse,
hot Joe Ben Coleman.
The shooting occurred at or near
~he corner of Smith Brothers' store.
'lve or six shots were fired and Colei
an's body showed four wounds. One
ound Is in the hand, another on the
ight shoulder, while the two others
~enetrated the body.
The latter two wounds are of a very
~erous nature and In the opinion of
~he physicians either of them is suffi
ient to produce death. Tue wounded
nan was carried to the Wheeler hotel
here he is receiving every attention.
:mmedately after the shooting Mr.
lease went to the sheriff and surren
lered and is now In jail.
The State says the news of the
hooting affray was received in Co!nm
la by friends of Mr. Blease, who were
~hocked by the Information. They
~ould tell nothing of the causes lead
ng up to the affair and so for asknown
~he two men were on the best of terms
wnd were considered good friends.
Eagene Blesse and Joe Ben Coleman
narried sisters, the daugaters of Mr.
rames Herbert. Mrs. Blease was Miss
saluda Herbert and Mrs. Coleman was
diss Maude Herbert. Mr. Blease is
erving his first term In the Statie sen
toe. He Is a brother of the senator
kom LNewberry.
Lovers Kinled.
While enroute from Atlantic City
10 Philadelphia Wednesday in an au
iomobile, Nell Wolfe, secretary and
reasurer of an automobile company
f Philadelphia. and Miss Marl.
amill, daughter of a wealthy Ger
nantown shoddy manufacturer, were
hrown from an automobile, on a
ridge over the West Jersey and Sea
hore railroad, near Atico, N. Y., and
mrled 30 feet to the tracks below.
iss Hamill was almost instantly kill.
d and Mr. Wolfe died soon after. The
ar was driven by F. G. Plumimer. He
was taken Into custody and arraigned
efore Prosecutor Loyd, at Camden,
W. J., who discharged him after hear
~ng his statement. The accident v a
ble to defective steering gear. Mr.
Wolfe and EMss Hmill were to have
seen married in Decen.ber.
Fired at Crowd.
Enraged because none of the young
omen In a dancing pavilion at South .
ech, Staten Island, would darce
ith him, but preferred the soldiers
rom Fort Wad aworth, an unknown
talian today challenged any soldier
n the pavilion to fight. One of the
olders promptly accepted the chal
enge, and with the Italian, stiarted
ao leave the ball, when the latter
pened fire Into the c:owd of dancers.
)ue bullet struck Edwar d Carson, of
taten Island, In the forehead, In
licing a wound which will cause
lath. Another man was 'woanded In
he thigh. The Italian escaped.
Atlanta HIas One Vase.
Dr. J. P. KennEdy, city health offi
3r of Atlanta, Saturday announced
ffiially that one case of yellow fever
Li e veloped there.